Re: [Denemo-devel] playback view chords midi instrument

[Richard Shann]

On Fri, 2018-02-16 at 06:59 -0500, Bric wrote:
> Hi, guys.  
> 
> Is it possible to select the midi instrument for the chords in the
> playback view? 

The MIDI that you hear in the Playback View is generated by LilyPond,
so your question would need to go to the lilypond-user list. But for
them to understand what you are asking you will need to export the
LilyPond format from Denemo, use LilyPond to generate the MIDI and then
ask about possible improvements (that is to say most experts on that
list will not have heard of the Playback View in Denemo).

Having said that, I think you can influence LilyPond's MIDI output by
inserting additional LilyPond syntax, which you could do via Denemo. 
In the attached I see that 
\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"cello" 
is output for the Playback View when a staff is set to the Cello
instrument (via Staff Properties->Assign Instrument, and that this is
set even if the Cello staff is then set to output Chord Symbols, like
this:

\set Staff.midiInstrument = #"cello"  \new ChordNames  \MvmntIVoiceII 

where Voice II is the staff set to chord names and cello instrument.

When I play this in the playback view the cello sound persists for the
whole measure.

Richard



> And also make the chord sound last all through the measure?  (idea:
> some type of warm pad, etc.)
> By default, the playback "shoots out" an eighth-note duration chord
> sound, with high attack and fast decay, with the chord sound dying
> for the remaining 3 quarters of the measure.  Seems like with a few
> tweaks of the chord playback the feature will become even more
> awesome than it is.
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